Packet8 BPG510 Technical User Manual

Packet8 BPG510 Technical User Manual

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Broadband Phone Gateway BPG510
Technical Users Guide
(Firmware version 0.14.1 and later)
Revision 1.0
© 2006, 8x8 Inc.

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  • Page 1 Broadband Phone Gateway BPG510 Technical Users Guide (Firmware version 0.14.1 and later) Revision 1.0 © 2006, 8x8 Inc.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    BPG510 User Interface Guide Table of Contents About your Broadband Phone Gateway (BPG510)..........4 Opening the BPG510's Configuration Utility ............4 Connecting to Your Broadband Modem.............. 6 Setting up with DHCP..................6 Setting up with PPPoE ..................7 Connecting Local Computers ................7 Connecting a single computer................
  • Page 3 (4) LAN – The LAN light is green when a PC or other networking device is connected to the BPG510 with a network cable. (5) Line – The Line light is green when you go off hook to indicate that your BPG510 is ready to make a call.
  • Page 4: About Your Broadband Phone Gateway (Bpg510)

    Internet. To open your phone's configuration utility, follow these instructions: 1. Connect a computer with a web browser directly to the LAN port of your BPG510. (You may be able to connect to the BPG510 through a router or wireless access point, but if you have any difficulty connecting, try connecting directly to BPG510’s...
  • Page 5 BPG510 User Interface Guide If you have any trouble opening the utility, first check the connection between your computer and the BPG510. Then, reboot your computer while it is connected to the BPG510. © 8x8 Inc., 2005 Page 5 of 27...
  • Page 6: Connecting To Your Broadband Modem

    Connecting to Your Broadband Modem Setting up with DHCP The BPG510 is configured for use with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) by default. If your broadband connection uses DHCP, then you simply have to connect your phone's WAN port to your broadband modem and then connect the power on the phone.
  • Page 7: Setting Up With Pppoe

    The BPG510 can take the place of the additional PPPoE software, allowing you to establish and maintain your broadband connection without running any extra programs on your computer.
  • Page 8: Connecting Local Computers

    Connecting Local Computers Connecting a single computer If you want to connect a single computer to the Internet through your BPG510, use a standard CAT5 Ethernet cable to connect the BPG510's LAN port to your computer's Ethernet port. You may have to reboot your computer after you connect it to the phone, but no other configuration should be necessary.
  • Page 9: Setting Up A Dmz

    8. Click . The BPG510 will add this port range to list of forwarded ports. 9. Repeat steps 5 through 8 for any additional ports ranges you want to forward. To remove any port ranges from the list of forwarded ports, click the...
  • Page 10 BPG510 User Interface Guide CAUTION The BPG510 cannot protect a computer running as a DMZ from malicious access. Any computer running as a DMZ should be running a PC based firewall. Traffic sent to the DMZ is still subject to translation by NAT. This means that applications that are damaged by NAT will still be affected.
  • Page 11: Detailed Screen Reference

    Interface Status indicates the WAN interface has been activated. indicates the interface ENABLED has not been activated. Displays the protocol the BPG510 uses to communicate with the modem. PROTOCOL indicates the interface is functioning. D indicates the interface is not INTERFACE functioning.
  • Page 12: Wan Configuration

    Saving the WAN Configuration reboots the BPG510. Device Operating Mode This section allows you to select BPG510 as a switch or a router device. If you connect BPG If you are connecting BPG510 as a client behind another router then you will...
  • Page 13: Pppoe

    Enter the IP address of the Domain Name System (DNS) server used by your DNS A DDRESS service provider. Use the following format: XXX.XXX.XXX.X PPPoE The WAN PPPoE screen configures the BPG510 to support point-to-point protocol over Ethernet. CAUTION Saving the PPPoE Configuration reboots the BPG510. Enable PPPoE Select to activate the PPPoE protocol.
  • Page 14: Mac Cloning

    The LAN Configuration screen controls the IP address of the LAN port on the BPG510. If you have an another device controlling IP address assignments on your local network, you may need to change the BPG510's local IP address to place it on the same network and subnet.
  • Page 15 The DHCP Server Configuration screen enables the router to automatically assign IP address to attached computers using the Dynamic Host Control Protocol. Server Configuration Select to activate the DHCP server and have the BPG510 assign IP ENABLED addresses for connected devices. © 8x8 Inc., 2005...
  • Page 16: Dhcp Client Table

    BPG510 User Interface Guide Client IP Address Range Enter the range of IP addresses available to local devices. The BPG510 can support 32 IP addresses, and the address range must be consecutive numbers between 1 and 255. Client Network Information Domain Name Enter the domain name used by the local LAN, if any.
  • Page 17 BPG510 User Interface Guide © 8x8 Inc., 2005 Page 17 of 27...
  • Page 18: Router Configuration

    BPG510 User Interface Guide Router Configuration Dynamic Routing Dynamic routing allows the BPG510 to learn routing tables from other network devices by means of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP). With RIP, network devices can broadcast messages containing information on the status of network connections.
  • Page 19: Port Forwarding

    BPG510 User Interface Guide Gateway IP Enter the IP address of the gateway (i.e., the next router in the network path) to the destination device. Destination IP Address Enter the IP address of the device you want to configure static routing for. Any Ethernet packets destined for this IP address will be routed according to this configuration.
  • Page 20: Filtering Configuration

    BPG510 User Interface Guide Reserved Ports The adaptor reserves ports 5060-5061 and 10000-10015. Port Forwarding to LAN Enter the first and last numbers of the port range you wan to map to ANGE this computer. If you want to forward a single port only, enter the same port number in both spaces.

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